Actually the clinton ban DOES apply to NFA weapons. Just not machineguns. Because all transferrable machineguns are pre-1994 by default. They were registered in 1986. So you can stick as many evil features on those as you want. Post 86 dealer sample machine guns are exempt from the AWB because they are law enforcement/military only.
The AWB still applies to NFA weapons. The thing is since all machineguns are either pre-1994 or Law Enforcement/Military they are exempted. All other NFA weapons like Short barrel rifles, Short barrel shotguns, Any Other Weapons and Destructive Devices have to abide by the AWB limit of 2 evil features unless they were manufactured before 1994. Pretty confusing huh?
Very close, but I don't believe you are quite correct, boofus.
The AWB applies to certain semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns with certain defining features (for rifles: detachable magazine, semi-automatic). If the weapon falls into those defining categories, it then has certain evil features which are limited (bayo-lug, flash suppressor, threaded barrel, pistol grip, collapsable stock, etc). This would include certain semi-automatic NFA weapons such as semi-auto SBRs, and semi-auto SBS. However, since a machine gun can not qualify as a "
semi-automatic assault weapon", it does not fall under the AWB. Of course, you are
also correct that a transferrable MG wouldn't fall under the AWB because of the date of manufacture, but that is immaterial because the weapon itself doesn't fit the definition of a
semi-automatic assault weapon.
This is akin to the reason you can put whatever length barrel on an MG that you'd like. If a weapon is an MG, it doesn't fit the gov'ts definition as a "rifle".
Same ultimate answer, just a different way of getting to it.
